For my Samsung 85" TV, entering the wifi password was a requirement - without wifi access, several weeks after installation, the TV stopped displaying video from any input. The only solution was to enter the wifi password, at which point the TV immediately returned to normal operation.

Just because it appears to be optional to connect the device to internet does not mean the basic functionality will work.

steel wool socks keep the toenails in check

It’s too bad that the first things to be automated are the tasks that people don’t mind doing, leaving the real shitty tasks to be done by people. Riding around on a lawnmower has to be one of the most enjoyable forms of manual labour. Now the robots get the good jobs and we’re left with the backbreaking monotonous bullshit.

Speaking of Contra - there is a new Contra out March 12, 2024 (today! or tomorrow depending on timezone), Contra: Operation Galuga. I haven’t played the game yet, but the trailer looks amazing!

Some ‘getting started’ suggestions:

Telnet BBS Guide has over a thousand BBSes listed, most are accessible by telnet. Syncterm is a great terminal program for BBS use, with Linux/Mac/Windows versions available. Other telnet clients can be used, but many BBSes use ANSI and CP437 and not UTF8. (other BBSes use other standards like ATASCII or PETSCII, Syncterm supports many of these.)

There are a bunch of interesting BBSes, one I’d recommend is 20 For Beers, connect to it at 20forbeers.com:1337. Plenty of great ANSI art and active message areas and a huge file collection too. I also recommend checking out the fsxNet message areas, they are shared across many BBSes and have an active community.

This is so cool to see posted here! I’m the guy that broke my usual don’t-post-on-reddit rule to share a keygen for Buccaneer. It really is a fun game, too, even if it can be a bit brutal (this is the third day in a row my ship got sunk!).

There continues to be a thriving community of BBS users and sysops, there is a mix of new software and mods along with the old (there are CBBS systems operating - that is the original BBS software created in the late 1970s!). The fsxNet echomail network is great, linking a lot of active BBSes together and with good conversation and lots of help for retro-tech issues and projects.

If you’re interested in playing Buccaneer online, The Fool’s Quarter BBS has the game online. Another interesting BBS to check out is 20 For Beers reachable via telnet at 20forbeers.com:1337.

Thank you for this learning experience, before now I was not aware of weather. Continue your valuable contributions.

Nobody dare making a comment on the internet without taking Winnipeg into account!!

Clever photo, great idea. The “flame” effect is brilliant. Thanks for sharing!

Although to many of us who aren’t engineers, some of the rules may not be obvious and it may look like an honest oversight - if you know any engineers, they have these rules absolutely drilled into them by the time they’ve earned a degree.

For someone with no engineering background to make a mistake like this is easy to explain. When someone with an engineering degree does it - they absolutely did know what they were doing is against professional regulations.

David Hilderman is a liar.

I like this, the tilted camera adds a “fun” aspect, the low perspective captures the bird well, pretty colours in the background, the softness of the background is great as well, nice separation of foreground and background without destroying the background. Also, the bird is not smoking, so it is nice to see it following the rules. Good balance of chaos and rules. Thanks for sharing.

The animation with the C:\ prompt is great! I hadn’t seen this before, but that’s one of the all-time greatest game openings!

Very nice composition, the lines of the guard rail and of the highway trailing into the distance, the balance of the sky and the ground, mysterious beauty of the fog, the glowing sun, I really like it all. The bare trees in the near-distant fog are wonderful too.

Thank you for sharing.

Thanks for the critique! To be honest, most of the composition was based on luck for me - I saw the artwork on the concrete wall and its position on the beach is perfect - really the artist who painted the wall deserves the most credit. I did position the art to the left side (rule of thirds), I felt that showing a bit more space gave more “on the beach” feeling. I aligned the sand with the bottom third and then the concrete slab being proportioned equally was serendipity.

One of the photographers mentioned is Simon d’Entremont from Nova Scotia.

Simon d’Entremont has an excellent YouTube channel where he shares photography tips and techniques. As I’ve started learning about photography, Simon’s videos are the resource I have gained most from. I can’t recommend them enough to anyone learning or growing photography skills.